Bag-holder and weighing apparatus.



No. 826,771. PATENTED JULY 24, 19061 .G. W. EDWARDS & G. E. HOWELL.

BAG HOLDER. AND WEIGHING APPARATUS.

' APPLIOATION rum) NOV. 13, 1905.

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EDWARDS AND GEORGE ESBIN HOWELL, OF

MAQUOKETA, IOWA.

CHARLES WILLIAM BAG-HOLDER AND WEIGHING APPARATUS- No. 826,771. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24;, 1906.

Application filed November 18.1905. Serial No. 287,111.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES WILLIAM EDWARDS, and GEORGE EsBiN HOWELL, citizens of the United States, resid ng at Mater. The spacing-biock is secured. between quoketa, in the county of Jackson and State the members 2 2 by means of a bolt or fastenof Iowa, have invented anew and useful Bagl ing member 5, which also serves for the at- Holder and lVeighingApparatus,of which the tachnient of braces 6 6, the lower ends of following is a specification. which are Hi ade fast to the rear corners of the This invention relates to an improved 00111 base-board. biiied bag-holder and weighing apparatus; and the objects of the invention are to sim- The upper end of the upright com posed of the side members 2 2 is offset forwardly, as at plify and improve the construction and opera of devices.

7, and upwardly, as at 8. Adjacent to the tion of this class forwardly-offset portion is interposed a spac- With these and other ends in view, which ing-block 9, secured by a transverse fasten will readily appear as the nature of the invening member 10, which also serves for the attion is better understood, the same consists tachinent of the upper ends of braces in the improved construction and novel arlower ends of which are made fast to the feet raiigement and combination of parts, which 4 4 of the side members 2 2. The fastening will be hereinafter fully described, and particmember 10 also serves for theattachment of ularly pointed out in the claims. a rearwardly-extending bracket 12, termi- In the accompanying drawings has been nating in a hook 18. illustrated a simple and preferred form of the The upwardly-offset portions 8 of the side invention, it being, however, understood that members 2 2 are provided with downwardly no limitation is necessarily made to the preand forwardly inclined notches 14, in which cise structural details therein exhibited, but are fulcrumed the knife-edge bearings 15 of a that changes, alterations, and modifications scale lever or beam 16, the forward end of within the scope of the invention may be which has an adjustable balancing-weight 17, made when desired. while the rear end supports the permanent In the drawings, Figure 1 weight 18. A sliding weight 19 is also mountview of a device embodying ed in the usual manner upon the scale-beam, seen from a rear corner. Fig. 2 is a front which is graduated in the customary wellelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevaknown manner. tion showing the device adapted for use as a Supported upon said members being provided at their lower ends with outturned feet 4, resting upon the base-board near the opposite edges of the latis a perspective the invention as the scale-beam at a short bag-holder only, the weighing apparatus havdistance in front of its fulcrum is a balancing- 111g been detached. Fig. 4is ahorizontal secyoke 20, provided at the ends thereof with tional detail view, enlarged, taken on the depending rods 21, the lower ends of which plane indicated by the line 4 4 in Fig. 3. Fig. sectional detail view illustrative are connected by a cross-bar 22, which con- 5 is a vertical the bag-spreadstitutes the platform. Slidably mounted upon the rods 21 are a pair of sleeves 23, having laterally-extending hooks 24, adapted to engage the bag-spreading shield or guard 25, which latter is provided at the sides thereof with perforations or eyes 26 for engagement with the hooks 24. This bag-holding shield or guard is preferably constructed of resilient sheet metal bent to form a scoop-like struc ture, the lower edge of which is provided with hooks 27, adapted to be inserted into the mouth of a bag, which latter is thus retained securely in position, the tendency of the shield member being to spring to a straight or flat position, thus retaining the bag securely upon the hooks 27. When the shield member or guard is connected with the hooks of the means for connecting ing guard or shield with the weighing apparatus.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

This improved device includes a base-board 1 and a main upright, which is compose of a metallic bar, such as a bar of steel or iron, of suitable dimensions, the same being bent upon itself to form side members 2 2, which are disposed in parallel vertical planes for a portion of their lengths, a sp acing-block 3 being interposed between the lower ends of the parallel portions. Below the spacing-block 3 the side members 2 2 are spaced apart or diverged,

11, theame and the bag-holding shield of this device may be utilized for bag-holding purposes independently of the scale attachment by simply removing the latter, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. There is mounted 2O rear edges of the members 2 2. The shank a is provided in. front of the members 2 2 a turn-button 82, adapted to engage a slot 33 in the rear portion of the shield or guard 25, which latter may thus be detachably connected with the upright in such a manner as to be capable of holdin a bag in convenient position for filling t e same. hen the devioeis thus used, the bag will be supported. directly upon the base 1.

foregoing description, taken in From the connection with the drawings hereto annexed,

and advantages of this 1mthe operation ing-upright.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a braced uprig t comprising two spaced side l upwardly ofl'set portion provided with downward-extending recesses, a scale-beam fulcrumed in said recesses, a yoke suspended from the scalebeam, rods depending from the ends of the yoke, and a cross-piece connecting the rods and constituting a platform.

ase, an upright comprising side members having parallel upper portions and vergent lower portions secured upon the base,

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tion, a scale beam fulcrumed in said forwardly-offset portion, a yokes uspended from the scale-beam, rods depending from the ends of the yoke, a cross-piece connecting the lower ends of the rods, and sleeves slidable upon the rods and provided with laterallyextending hooks, in combination with a resilient bagholding shield having means for engaging the ooks.

4. In a device of the class described, a supporting device including an upright havin spaced side members, in combination with a weighing apparatus including a yoke, rods depending from said yoke, and a platform connecting the lower ends of the rods; and a ag holding shield adjustably connected with the rods depending from the yoke.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES WILLIAM EDWARDS. GEORGE ESBIN HOWELL.

Witnesses:

M. A. ROBINSON, D. T. BAUMAN. 

